The St. Croix Prep Lions will head out to square off against the St. Croix Lutheran Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Tuesday, St. Croix Prep took their contest with ease, bagging an 80-53 win over New Life Academy. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Lions have posted against the Eagles since March 9, 2021.
Meanwhile, St. Croix Lutheran had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 33.3 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Tuesday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Cristo Rey Jesuit 85-32. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 80th, while Cristo Rey Jesuit are ranked 493rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Croix Prep is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.5 points over those games. As for St. Croix Lutheran, they pushed their record up to 14-3 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
St. Croix Prep was taken down by St. Croix Lutheran 82-43 in their previous matchup back in January. Can St. Croix Prep avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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